Japanese Theater - MAPEH 8 (Music 4th Quarter)
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This document discusses traditional Japanese theater forms such as Noh and Kabuki. It explains that Noh is a classical theater form that began in the 16th century, while Kabuki originated in entertainment districts but became very popular. Both forms reflect different social classes and time periods but use traditional Japanese pentatonic scales and vocalization techniques adapted from forms like narrative joruri singing. Accompanying music is typically provided by the shamisen instrument.
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- 1. JAPANESE THEATER MR. CARLO JUSTINO J. LUNA Malabanias Integrated School Angeles City MUSIC Unit 4 – Musical Theater and Festivals of Asia
- 2. Japanese Theater Japan is rich in culture and tradition. Ikebana Sakura Noh Kabuki
- 3. Japanese Theater • is one of the traditions that is very popular until today • is the traditional form of theater which began at the end of the 16th century • became the most successful theater entertainment in the red light districts of the great cities KABUKI
- 4. Japanese Theater • is considered the most important Japanese contribution to World Theater KABUKI
- 5. Japanese Theater • Both noh and kabuki are unique and genuine expressions of the Japanese spirit and culture. • However, they mirror taste and ideals of different social classes, in profoundly different environments and periods. NOH & KABUKI
- 6. • is one of the popular traditional songs of Japan • is a traditional song that produces distinct characteristics used in the Asian style of making melodies also known as the pentatonic scale SAKURA
- 8. Japanese Theater • The pattern is mainly developed by using the pentatonic style adopted mainly from China. • This style is mostly used in the performance of noh and kabuki. PENTATONIC SCALE
- 10. Vocal Pattern & Techniques • or the continuous pattern • used in speeches building up to an explosive climax in the aragoto (oversized, supernatural, rough hero) style • requires an extraordinary breath control that only few experts succeed in achieving 1. Ipponchōshi
- 11. Vocal Pattern & Techniques • adapted from the chanting of jōruri (a traditional Japanese narrative music in which a tayū (太夫) sings to the accompaniment of a shamisen) • implies a very sensitive capacity of riding the rhythms of the shamisen (string instrument), declaiming each accompaniment 2. Nori
- 12. Vocal Pattern & Techniques • the subtle delivery of poetical text written in the Japanese metrical form of alternating seven and five syllables 3. Yakuharai
- 14. Vocal & Instrumental Features • are accompanied by shamisen music collected and popularized a number of aspects from all previous forms of Japanese music Dances and Movements
- 15. Vocal & Instrumental Features • Gagaku – classic court music imported from China during the 18th century • Kagura – performed in Shinto shrines • Nō – chant derives from shōmyō, the sophisticated and rich tradition of Buddhist chanting Japanese Shamisen Music
- 16. Vocal & Instrumental Features Nagauta • is a love song which reached a golden age in the first half of the 19th century as dance music for the henge mono (quick-change piece) Japanese Shamisen Music
- 17. Vocal & Instrumental Features Nagauta • is very flexible, can be performed by one shamisen or by an entire orchestra of 20 musicians 10 are shamisen players while other play flutes a. fue taken from the nō b. drums (small drum-kotsuzumi; waist drum-ōtsuzumi; stick drum-taiko) Japanese Shamisen Music
- 18. JAPANESE THEATER MR. CARLO JUSTINO J. LUNA Malabanias Integrated School Angeles City MUSIC Unit 4 – Musical Theater and Festivals of Asia THANKS!